Gents,
25 years after I bulged the barrel my father finally capitulated and gave me his old Brescia SxS shotgun. to cut a long story and a tanned backside short... I managed to get a wad stuck up the left barrel as a young and dumb 15yo and, you guessed it... Fired another behind it

The result is a left hand barrel with a circumferential bulge just in front of the forend. Over the years I always thought that if I managed to get the gun from him before he died that I would have it restored/repaired to present back to him in it's former glory. Given that my old man bought it at 17 years old it has a great deal of sentimental value rather than any intrinsic value (Not really sure what the guns worth in truth) I sent it to a gun shop here in Australia known for their work with shotguns. Quote came back at $3000.00 to replace both barrels and ribs! Apparently necessary because the barrels are brazed rather than soldered together.

Have any of you guys repaired /replaced 12ga barrels in your line of work? The 3000 dollar price tag seems rather excessive however, I am not au fait with shotguns by any means! Whilst I would love to have it done, the price tag on the barrels makes it prohibitive.

Any thoughts?
I get pictures of the gun and damage when I have it returned from the shop if necessary.

TIA
Dan

Sounds a little high. I'm not sure how hard it would be for you to send it to England, but John Foster will do the job for a fair bit less and reprove it too.
Steve

I am not sure what the exchange rate is right now, but $3k Aussie sounds like a very good price to change both barrels and use the existing monobloc.

You may want to ask on this shotgun board:

doublegunshop.com

There are several people who are top-notch shotgun smiths here in the US and can do the work you need, and the folks on the shotgun board would know who you could talk to in Australia.

Good luck with your gun!

2494$ us dollars....I think you can do better.
Steve

A great deal more expensive than I though for sure Have posted over on the suggested douible gunshop forums as suggested also.

Thanks for the input thus far